The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences, (TIT&S), founded in 1943, offers engineering programs and postgraduate programs. The institute provides lectures by in-house and visiting faculty, expert lectures, discussions, seminars, project assignments and visits to industries and project sites. Founded in 1943, the Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences is a center for research and education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The visionary Padma Vibhushan Dr. G D Birla established the institute in 1943 under the auspices of the Birla Education Trust. Its administration vests in a Managing Committee called 'TITS College Managing Committee' which is constituted according to the constitution prescribed by the All India Council for Technical Education. The institute has attached to it a textile mill for training the students under working conditions and for conducting research. This association of a Textile Mill with an Institute in Textile Technology is unique in India and not frequent even in the Western World.